Good SEO can be the difference between a website succeeding in it’s mission or failing. It can be the difference between a person visiting your church or going somewhere else, possibly even a church which is not really Christian. In the Church Marketing Online University Updates on on-page search engine optimization, here are two final tips on church seo: Read More

Search Engine Optimization is an important part of online church marketing. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of misinformation about SEO out there. Some of the misinformation is simply useless while other misinformation can actually harm your website in the search engines even to the point of getting your church’s website banned. Not good.

Want to rank well for a certain keyword? Just tell the search engines what keywords you want to rank well for. By optimizing certain parts of your web pages, you can greatly effect your church’s website’s search rankings.

As the search engines look at each page of your website, they read the various parts of the page to try to figure out what the page is about and, thus, for what search terms to rank the page. By using your targeted keywords throughout the various parts of your web pages, you can get the search engines to list your church’s website for specific keywords. Here are…

Every website should be optimized. Especially church websites. People use the search engines to find churches and find answers…answers churches have. Not optimizing your church website is like building a church and then not bothering to put up a sign or tell anyone.

Search engine optimization is something that should simply be a part of any and every website design. After all, aren’t you building the website so people will find it and use it? Good SEO can be the difference between a website succeeding in it’s mission or failing.

There are certain practices that the search engines tell us they do not approve of. This is generally known in the SEO world as “Black Hat” SEO. The search engines warn that they will punish website that employ these tactics and possibly ban the site. Unfortunately, I’ve seen a lot of do-it-yourselfers use use these tactics simply out of ignorance. They heard using keywords in their text was good, so they just started sticking a bunch of keywords in the text without realizing that’s keyword stuffing and could hurt their site.

So, to be very clear. I’m telling you about these things so that you DO NOT do them. There are plenty of legitimate ways of ranking well in the search engines. There is no need to go to the dark side.

Want to rank well for a certain keyword? Just tell the search engines what keywords you want to rank well for. By optimizing certain parts of your web pages, you can greatly effect your church’s website’s search rankings.

As the search engines look at each page of your website, they read the various parts of the page to try to figure out what the page is about and, thus, for what search terms to rank the page. By using your targeted keywords throughout the various parts of your web pages, you can get the search engines to list your church’s website for specific keywords. Here are…

Are the pages of your website optimized for the search engines? If not, you are missing out on visitors to your website and to your church, missing out on people who are looking for God. On-page optimization is the essence of search engine optimization and the key to targeting the keywords that can make your website a success.Read More

Church SEO

When people search for churches in your city does your church website appear at the top of Google, Yahoo, and Bing? No? Studies show that most people use search engines to find what they are looking for, including churches. If you aren't on the first page, you are missing out on visitors. Learn more about Church SEO at CMO University

About Church Marketing Online

Church Marketing Online is dedicated helping churches reach the people in their communities through the Internet. We do this by explaining search engine marketing for churches, discussing social media and how it can be used by churches, and facilitating conversations about other online church marketing ideas. The CMO blog is here to educate, discuss Internet evangelism and outreach, and offer church growth resources.